Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuanqing tested himself against Lie Shanhan’s avatar and its Dao Principle Imprint, while Lie Shanhan’s true body brought out the Lie Shan Seal to attack the North Spring Grotto-Heaven. The avatar escaped, and Gu Yuanqing faced the enormous seal as it threatened to crush the surrounding land and destabilize his grotto-heaven.

• Gu Yuanqing trapped Lie Shanhan’s avatar and tested his Heavenly Human Boundary Domain against the avatar’s Wind Dao, then merged with the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to counterattack.
• Lie Shanhan used the Heavenly Wind Fan and its Dao Principle Imprint to withstand Gu Yuanqing’s attacks, while Miao Wuyou’s body was shattered by the battle and Gu Yuanqing killed his fleeing divine soul with divine thunder.
• Lie Shanhan’s true body, enraged over Miao Wuyou’s death, summoned the Lie Shan Seal above the North Spring Grotto-Heaven.
• The Lie Shan Seal froze the surrounding vital energy and shattered Gu Yuanqing’s spell, allowing Lie Shanhan’s avatar to escape.
• The Lie Shan Seal began crushing the Dragon Demon Realm around the grotto-heaven, and Gu Yuanqing sensed that it could collapse the continent and threaten the grotto-heaven’s spatial membrane.

Gu Yuanqing used the North Spring Grotto-Heaven to capture Demon God Mountain’s Lie Shan Seal after Lie Shanhan unleashed its overwhelming power. Lie Shanhan fled by Flying Boat, while Gu Yuanqing held the captured treasure.

• Lie Shanhan merged with his avatar and strengthened the Lie Shan Seal, while Gu Yuanqing joined his phantom grotto-heaven with North Spring Grotto-Heaven to stabilize the realm.
• Gu Yuanqing sent a palm imprint against the descending seal, but the Lie Shan Seal absorbed its power as the Dragon Demon Ancestor recognized the Divine Artifact and warned him.
• The seal’s power frightened the distant Iron Eater Tribe and the Dragon Demon Realm’s Great Demons, while the Heaven Treading Immortal Steed fled with Little Fox after sensing danger.
• Lie Shanhan realized Gu Yuanqing intended to seize the Lie Shan Seal and tried to recall it, but Gu Yuanqing enveloped it in North Spring Grotto-Heaven, severed their connection, and suppressed it into his hand.
• Lie Shanhan ordered his forces to activate the formation and flee, then escaped aboard his Flying Boat with the Heavenly Wind Fan as Gu Yuanqing pressed down upon empty space.

Gu Yuanqing defeated Lie Shanhan and captured him after overpowering the Dragon Demon Sky-Supporting Ark near North Spring Mountain. Lie Shanhan warned that Demon God Divine Mountain would retaliate, leaving Gu Yuanqing and the Dragon Demon Ancestor concerned about what might follow.

• Gu Yuanqing battered the Dragon Demon Sky-Supporting Ark with North Spring Grotto-Heaven, Great Five Elements Divine Thunder, and Formless Calamity Finger as Lie Shanhan tried to flee.
• Lie Shanhan drove the Ark’s formations to their limit, but Gu Yuanqing redirected its escape toward North Spring Mountain and seized it.
• Lie Shanhan transformed with the Chaos Heaven Divine Demon Body and attacked with a Long Halberd, but Gu Yuanqing subdued him and brought him into North Spring Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing suppressed Lie Shanhan’s soul, Dao principle imprints, and essence blood, took his Dharma Treasures, and threw him into the Heaven and Earth Pool.
• Lie Shanhan threatened Gu Yuanqing with Demon God Divine Mountain’s retaliation, and the Dragon Demon Ancestor warned that they would not let the matter rest.

Gu Yuanqing kept the captured Lie Shanhan alive to avoid provoking Demon God Mountain while assessing the strength and Dao Artifacts he had seized. He recognized his shortcomings against Chaos Heaven Great Cultivators and began examining the artifacts, then considered whether the Demon Subduing Sword also contained a Dao principle imprint.

• Gu Yuanqing told Ao Jie to wait and see, then sent him to handle the approaching Demon Kings.
• Ao Jie told Tiger Lord and the other Demon Kings that Gu Yuanqing had ordered them to wait, and they feared Demon God Mountain’s power.
• Gu Yuanqing kept Lie Shanhan imprisoned in the Heaven and Earth Pool and reflected on how his opponent’s strength had exposed weaknesses in his own abilities.
• Gu Yuanqing examined the seized Dao Artifacts and discovered that the Lie Shan Seal contained a dangerous world and formation that nearly damaged his sea of consciousness.
• Gu Yuanqing explored the folding fan’s Dao principle imprint and recognized it as belonging to the Huantian Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing wondered whether the Demon Subduing Sword also contained a Dao principle imprint.

Gu Yuanqing discovered the seven Dao principle imprints within the Demon Subduing Sword and began mastering Old Man Heavenly Sword’s legacy. After a month of training, he performed three sword techniques with their true form and spirit, while events in the Leize Domain and Demon God Mountain revealed trouble surrounding the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall and Lie Shanyu’s Ninth Highness.

• Gu Yuanqing recognized the seven sword Dao imprints in the Demon Subduing Sword and learned what each of the Big Dipper Seven Swords contained.
• Yan Zongsheng saw Ji Xian’s soul lamp go out and told Mu Yun that the Heavenly Human Sacred Hall was finished and he should leave.
• Lie Shanyu discovered that the Lie Shan Seal’s aura had vanished and ordered Chang Geng to summon Little Nine to Demon God Mountain.
• Gu Yuanqing spent a month comprehending the Demon Subduing Sword Dao, focusing on the Tianshu, Tianxuan, and Tianji swords.
• Gu Yuanqing performed the three sword techniques with their form and spirit, and his sword Dao aura began influencing the rocks, trees, and grass around him.

Gu Yuanqing completed a period of Sword Dao cultivation and discussed opening the Teleportation Array with Li Chengyi, promising to take him into the Ancient Realm afterward. He questioned the imprisoned Lie Shanhan about his release and remained wary of Demon God Divine Mountain’s eventual response.

• Gu Yuanqing’s Sword Dao aura advanced to the yin-yang level while he cultivated for another half year.
• Li Chengyi told Gu Yuanqing that the Qian Yuan Realm had converted its gains into strength and that he planned to open the Teleportation Array; Gu Yuanqing approved and offered to take him to the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuanqing released Lie Shanhan from the Heaven and Earth Pool and asked what use Lie Shanhan could offer in exchange for freedom.
• Lie Shanhan warned Gu Yuanqing about Demon God Divine Mountain and the Lie Shan Seal, while Gu Yuanqing refused to bow to anyone and returned him to the pool.
• Gu Yuanqing considered using the Soul Searching Technique on Lie Shanhan, then watched toward the Dragon Demon Realm and anticipated Demon God Divine Mountain’s arrival.

Gu Yuanqing used North Spring Grotto-Heaven’s gathered incense power to advance the Formless Calamity Finger and began deriving another spell art. Meanwhile, Lie Shanhan realized Demon God Mountain would not rescue him, and the North Suppressing Divine King faced an attack by a Three-legged Golden Crow.

• Gu Yuanqing decided to reserve the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's black qi for deriving his cultivation technique and used incense power to improve the Formless Calamity Finger.
• Gu Yuanqing completed the derivation, formed a rune imprint in his divine soul, and tested the revised finger art, which created a hollow in its range.
• Gu Yuanqing planned to spend the remaining incense power deriving the Myriad Manifestations Senluo Palm.
• Lie Shanhan, trapped as a small fish in the Heaven and Earth Pool, reasoned that his brothers would not leave their duties to rescue him.
• A Three-legged Golden Crow attacked the North Town Divine King Mansion, accusing the North Suppressing Divine King of slaughtering Demon Race subjects to refine the Myriad Demon Pill.
• The North Suppressing Divine King rose to confront the Three-legged Golden Crow and threatened to turn it into soup.

The Demon Emperor and Divine Emperor Lie Shanyu fought while the Human Race completed the forbidden Myriad Demon Pills, and an intruder stole one before escaping. In the Dragon Demon Realm, Gu Yuanqing continued cultivating as the distant battle ended, then sent an avatar to help Li Chengyi activate the Teleportation Array.

• The Human Race and Demon Race fought for five days, while Lie Shanyu wounded a Three-legged Golden Crow and the Myriad Demon Pills were completed.
• The Demon Emperor attacked, and a disguised Chaos Heaven Great Demon broke into the Divine King's Mansion and stole one pill before Lie Shanyu drove him away.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed the emperors' battle, improved the Void Piercing Heavenly Eye, and returned to cultivation after the Demon Emperor retreated.
• Gu Yuanqing practiced his techniques and fought Lie Shanhan in the Spiritual Mountain Trial, where he could not last ten moves.
• Li Chengyi gathered the others at the former Heaven and Earth Stele site and asked Gu Yuanqing to bring forth the Qian Yuan Token for the Teleportation Array.
• Gu Yuanqing created an avatar, sent it to the array, and told the assembled cultivators and soldiers to begin.

Gu Yuanqing and the other token holders activated the Qian Yuan Realm’s Teleportation Array and linked it to the Purple You Realm. A cultivator from the Purple You Realm arrived, while Gu Yuanqing left the welcoming to Li Chengyi.

• Gu Yuanqing, Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, Ji Dai, and Li Haotian activated the five Qian Yuan Tokens, opening the Teleportation Array and viewing the coordinates of the Exquisite Worlds.
• Li Chengyi told Gu Yuanqing that the Purple You Realm had requested a link, and Gu Yuanqing agreed to connect the realms.
• The five token holders established the link, and Li Chengyi invited cultivators to travel to the Purple You Realm.
• Fei Yizhi of the Purple You Realm arrived through the array, greeted the gathered cultivators, and realized that the Qian Yuan Realm had several Void Heaven Cultivators.
• Li Chengyi welcomed Fei Yizhi on behalf of the Qian Yuan Realm, while Gu Yuanqing silently departed.

Fei Yizhi visited the Qian Yuan Realm and reported its strength to the Purple Extreme Pavilion, prompting the two worlds to exchange envoys and gifts. News of the Qian Yuan Realm spread to other Boundary Domains, including the Crimson Cloud Bai Family, which already held a grudge against it.

• Li Chengyi welcomed Fei Yizhi, hosted him in the imperial city, and assigned Void Form to oversee the Teleportation Array.
• Fei Yizhi returned to the Purple You Realm and told Feng Yunting, Xiahou Chen, and the Elders about the Qian Yuan Realm’s powerful cultivators and substantial foundations.
• The Purple Extreme Pavilion sent a Void Heaven Cultivator and three divine platform ninth-layer cultivators to the Qian Yuan Realm with gifts.
• Li Shi'an led Ji Dai, Li Haotian, and Heavenly Policy Mansion cultivators on a return visit to the Purple You Realm, establishing genuine relations between the two worlds.
• News of the Qian Yuan Realm spread across the Exquisite Worlds, and the Crimson Cloud Bai Family sent someone to the Purple You Realm to investigate.

Bai Zongyi sought a way to enter the Qian Yuan Realm on behalf of the Crimson Cloud Bai Family, while Li Chengyi limited contact with other worlds and prepared the Great Qian Dynasty for the changes ahead. A month later, Bai Zongyi arrived with a group of cultivators under the name of the Ling Shu Chamber of Commerce.

• Bai Zongyi asked Feng Yunting to let him enter the Qian Yuan Realm under the Purple You Pavilion's name, and Feng referred the request to the Elders.
• Feng Yunting told Bai Zongyi that the Pavilion would not openly break its agreement with the Great Qian Dynasty, but suggested he enter with merchants when a new Boundary Domain opened.
• Li Chengyi refused requests from other sects to connect their Teleportation Arrays and kept secret that the Qian Yuan Realm could accommodate Yin-Yang Myriad Longevity cultivators.
• Li Chengyi organized the Great Qian Dynasty's response to the new era, while True Master Xuanqing led an army to explore the newly formed lands.
• A month later, Bai Zongyi arrived in the Qian Yuan Realm with around sixty cultivators under the name of the Ling Shu Chamber of Commerce, and Li Shi'an welcomed them.

Li Shi'an received merchant associations from the Exquisite World, while their leaders assessed the Qian Yuan Realm and its defenses. Tao Yanqing discovered that the realm could support Heavenly Humans, and Gu Yuanqing summoned Bai Xianghui.

• Li Shi'an welcomed the merchant representatives, including Liao Xu of the Heavenly Treasure Chamber of Commerce and Shopkeeper Cao of the Ten Directions Misty Rain Tower, and promised them an audience with the emperor.
• The Void Heaven Cultivators discussed the Qian Yuan Realm's surveillance and the emperor's apparent slight, while Liao Xu and Shopkeeper Cao showed little interest in provoking conflict.
• Ji Dai used a Realm Token to bar Bai Zongyi from exploring beyond the permitted area, and Bai Zongyi turned back.
• Liao Xu summoned Tao Yanqing's split soul, and Tao Yanqing determined that the Qian Yuan Realm could support Heavenly Humans.
• Gu Yuanqing noticed Tao Yanqing's arrival, recognized Bai Zongyi as a member of the Bai Clan, and summoned Bai Xianghui.

Gu Yuanqing offered Bai Xianghui the chance to leave the Qian Yuan Realm, but Bai Xianghui chose to remain in his service in exchange for his brother's release. Bai Xianghui reunited with Bai Jianfei and told him that the Bai Clan had escaped the world conflict and that he was free.

• Gu Yuanqing told Bai Xianghui that the Teleportation Array was open and gave him permission to leave if he kept the Qian Yuan Realm's secrets.
• Bai Xianghui asked Gu Yuanqing to let his second brother leave in his place, choosing to remain and serve Gu Yuanqing.
• Gu Yuanqing agreed to release Bai Jianfei and warned that he must not sneak into the Qian Yuan Realm again.
• Gu Yuanqing sent Bai Xianghui to Repentance Cliff, where Bai Jianfei had been imprisoned for ninety years.
• Bai Xianghui told Bai Jianfei that the Bai Clan had withdrawn from the Slanting Moon World and that their family was likely safe.
• Bai Xianghui told Bai Jianfei that someone from their Bai Clan might have arrived through the Teleportation Array and that Bai Jianfei was free.

Bai Jianfei was released from the Qian Yuan Realm after decades of imprisonment, while Bai Xianghui warned Bai Zongyi not to provoke the realm. Bai Zongyi and Bai Jianfei returned to the Purple You Realm, where Jianfei described Gu Yuanqing’s formidable cultivation.

• Bai Xianghui told Bai Jianfei that Gu Yuanqing had permitted him to leave, while Xianghui chose to remain in the Qian Yuan Realm.
• At Yunxi Mountain, Ji Dai confronted Bai Zongyi and brought him together with Bai Xianghui and Bai Jianfei.
• Bai Xianghui urged Bai Zongyi to take Jianfei home, avoid returning, and not make an enemy of the Qian Yuan Realm.
• Bai Zongyi and Bai Jianfei left the Qian Yuan Realm through the Teleportation Array the following morning, and Zongyi checked Jianfei for hidden marks.
• Bai Jianfei told Bai Zongyi that Gu Yuanqing had captured him and was at least a two-tribulation heavenly-change expert.

Bai Zongyi brought Bai Jianfei back to the Crimson Cloud Bai Family with news of a powerful Heavenly Human in the Qian Yuan Realm. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Li Guanrong enforced Great Qian's strict rules on foreign merchant houses and left the negotiations unresolved, confident the realm could defend itself.

• Bai Zongyi questioned Bai Jianfei about the expert in the Exquisite World, then took him back through the Purple You Realm's Formation.
• Li Guanrong and the Imperial Court ministers demanded strict profit, staffing, and inspection rules from the merchant houses seeking to trade in the Qian Yuan Realm.
• When Di Jun threatened Li Guanrong, Ji Dai used the Realm Token's Great Bell to subdue him, and the Kirin Chamber of Commerce was expelled from the realm.
• Li Guanrong warned the merchant representatives against interfering in Qian Yuan Realm's affairs, while Liao Xu said the Heavenly Treasure Chamber of Commerce would consult its Head Shopkeepers.
• After the talks ended without agreement, Li Guanrong told Lai Jingxian that foreign merchants could stay away and glanced toward North Spring Mountain.

Li Chengyi urged Li Guanrong to take responsibility for Great Qian as it faced pressure from powerful foreign merchant associations, while Li Guanrong avoided the throne and teased Gu Siyuan about his surname. Gu Yuanqing summoned Tong Yuefei and Chen Zhengfeng and offered them the chance to leave the Qian Yuan Realm, leaving Tong Yuefei asking whether his Soul Seal would be removed.

• Li Guanrong reported that foreign merchant associations opposed Great Qian's restrictions, and Li Chengyi told him to defend the realm's interests while handling the merchants carefully.
• Li Chengyi said Li Guanrong should eventually take the throne, but Li Guanrong resisted and suggested that his younger brother might be more suited to rule.
• Li Guanrong found Gu Siyuan fishing at Taihu Mountain instead of attending government affairs, and the brothers joked about their names and the Imperial Throne.
• Gu Yuanqing summoned Tong Yuefei and Chen Zhengfeng and offered them the chance to leave the Qian Yuan Realm, noting that Bai Xianghui had already given his chance to Bai Jianfei.
• Tong Yuefei asked whether Gu Yuanqing would remove the Soul Seal if he chose to leave.

Gu Yuanqing allowed Tong Yuefei and Chen Zhengfeng to choose whether to leave the Qian Yuan Realm, then rewarded Chen Zhengfeng and Bai Xianghui after they stayed to serve him. As merchant guilds investigated the realm and Gu Yuanqing resumed cultivating, Little White Fox broke through to Void Heaven.

• Gu Yuanqing gave Tong Yuefei and Chen Zhengfeng three days to decide whether to leave, and Chen Zhengfeng explained why he might have a better chance of advancing by staying.
• Liao Xu told Tao Yanqing that the Qian Yuan Realm was stronger than expected and reported rumors about Immortal Gu on North Spring Mountain.
• Tong Yuefei chose to leave, while Chen Zhengfeng stayed; Gu Yuanqing sent Tong Yuefei away and gave Chen Zhengfeng and Bai Xianghui cultivation techniques, Spirit Water, and Void-Breaking Pills.
• Little White Fox awakened its bloodline, grew a fourth tail, and reached the Void Heaven realm.

Little Fox completed her breakthrough as Gu Yuanqing cultivated and Great Qian moved its capital to the new Qian Yuan Imperial Capital, while outside powers began eyeing the realm’s resources. When Gu Yuanqing sensed an approaching enemy, he retrieved the weakened Lie Shanhan from the Heaven and Earth Pool and asked whether he had made his decision.

• Little Fox completed her breakthrough and assumed the form of a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl.
• Gu Yuanqing studied Dao principle imprints and refined Dao Artifacts while continuing to advance his cultivation.
• The Heavenly Treasure Merchant Guild signed an agreement with Great Qian after the Immortal Charm Treasure Pavilion arrived.
• Emperor Li Chengyi moved Great Qian’s capital to the newly completed Qian Yuan Imperial Capital, and merchant guilds began opening shops across the realm.
• Outside powers learned that the Qian Yuan Realm could accommodate heavenly humans and began coveting its Realm Tokens and resources.
• Gu Yuanqing sensed an enemy approaching, retrieved the weakened Lie Shanhan from the Heaven and Earth Pool, and asked if he had thought it over.

Gu Yuanqing forced Lie Shanhan to bargain for his release and sealed their deal with a Nether God Contract. After Lie Shanhan handed over the Lie Shan Seal’s refinement method and a mysterious stone, Demon God Mountain’s army arrived at the Dragon Demon Realm.

• Lie Shanhan refused to reveal the Lie Shan Clan’s Immortal Demon Scripture but offered the Lie Shan Seal’s refinement method in exchange for his life.
• Under mounting pressure, Lie Shanhan offered the refinement method, a Myriad Demon Pill, true phoenix essence blood, Mysterious Female Heaven Crystal, and a Clear Thought Heaven Stone.
• Gu Yuanqing and Lie Shanhan signed a Nether God Contract and swore Dao oaths, sealing their agreement.
• Lie Shanhan transmitted the Lie Shan Seal’s refinement method to Gu Yuanqing and gave him a deep-blue stone, promising to send the other treasures after returning.
• Gu Yuanqing said guests had arrived, and the Dragon Demon Realm shook as Demon God Mountain’s army arrived.

Demon God Mountain's forces arrived in the Dragon Demon Realm, and North Suppressing Divine King Lie Shanyi challenged Gu Yuanqing to a contest of strength. Gu Yuanqing met Lie Shanyi's spear attacks with the Demon Subduing Sword and fought him to a standstill.

• Three tower ships from Demon God Mountain broke through the world barrier, alerting the Dragon Demon Ancestor and the demon race.
• Lie Shanyi led the fleet toward North Spring Mountain, while Gu Yuanqing calmly waited with Lie Shanhan beside him.
• Lie Shanyi proposed a contest of strength, and Gu Yuanqing agreed before they attacked simultaneously.
• Gu Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Sword and his Big Dipper Seven Swords attainments to block Lie Shanyi's attacks and fight him evenly.
• Lie Shanhan watched in astonishment as Gu Yuanqing displayed swordsmanship he had not used in their earlier battle.